Sharice Davids Makes History As Kansas' First Openly Gay Representative

By

Carlos Santoscoy

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November 07, 2018

Sharice Davids on Tuesday made history,
becoming the first Native American and openly gay member of Congress
from Kansas.

In her first foray into politics,
Davids defeated four-term incumbent Republican Representative Kevin
Yoder. It is the first time a Democrat has won Kansas' 3rd
Congressional District in a decade.

With 93 percent of districts reporting,
Davids took 53.2 percent of the vote to Yoder's 44.3 percent.

Davis Hammett, an LGBT activist from
Topeka and the co-founder of Equality House, called Davids' win
“significant beyond Kansas.”

“It's significant beyond Kansas,”
Hammett told The
Kansas City Star. “This is significant to all LGBT folks
in the Midwest. She really feels like the voice for all the LGBT
folks in the Midwest. And I know that there's a similar feeling in
Native American communities.”